Combined chair and table.



1. H. SILL.

COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 918.

1 ,269,967 Patented June 18, 1918.

JOHN H. SILL, 0F TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE.

Specification of Letterslatent. 1 Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed March 26, 1918. Serial No. 224,791.

'1 0 (.IZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SILL, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of Towanda, in the county of Bradford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Chairs and Tables; and I do hereby declare the followin to be afull, clear, and exact description 0 the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined chair and table, theobject being to construct a chair that may be readily and quicklyconverted into a table that may be used over a bed, and it consists inthe details of construction as will be more fully explained and pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view of the chair. Fig. 2shows it converted into a table. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical sectionthrough Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view through Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aview in elevation of one of the side mem bers of the back, and Fig. 6 isa view showing the manner of removing the back.

8 represents a chair of any suitable construction, the seat 9 of whichis sufiiciently low to be passed under a hospital bed or cot.

The chair back comprises two upright members 10 and a back section 11.Each upright member 10 is provided on its inner face with a groove 12extending from a point adjacent the seat 9, to point adjacent the loweredge of the cross bar 13 connecting the back members near their top, andeach groove is carried forwardly at its upper end and then downwardly asat 14: and terminates in a plane just below the lower edge of cross bar13, so that the upper portion of each groove is in the form of aninverted U.

The back section 11 when in its normal position, approximately closesthe space between the two upright members 10, and it is provided at eachside edge adjacent its lower end, with a projecting pin 15 which restsand moves within the grooves in the upright members, and guide and holdthe back member in its movements while being converted from a chair backto a table and from a table to a chair back. This back section is alsoprovided at its upper end with a rearwardly projecting rail 16 with theclosed ends of the'grooves' continuing the movement of the back memwhichrests on the cross bar13, and which is provided with a recess to receivethe pin 17 on said crossbar, so that when the member 11 is in positionas a chair back, it will be locked against outward swinging movement atits upper end.

To convert the chair back into a table or tray support, the back section11 is raised vertically until the pins 15 are stopped by the upper endof the grooves. The upper end of the back is then turned forwardly anddownwardly which carries the pins 15; curved portion ofthe forwardly inthe grooves until they are stopped by contact ber 11, its rear end makescontact with the underside of the cross bar 13 thus holding it in ahorizontal position over the seat, with the rail 16 projecting upwardlyat the outer end and forming a guard or stop for the tray or dishesresting on the table.

To convert the table into a chair, the outer free end of the member 11is turned upwardly to carry the pins out of the curved portions of thegrooves into the straight vertical grooves, and is then allowed todescend until its rail rests on the cross bar. To remove the backmember, it should first be disconnected from the cross bar and turnedforwardly, then by tilting it at one side, until one pin has beendisengaged from its groove, it will be free to be removed.

The chair can be converted for use as a serving table or tray holder andis especially designed for use over a hospital bed, it being soconstructed that by pushing the seat under the bed the table willproject over the bed and be within convenient reach of the occupant.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the relativearrangement of parts shown and described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it understood thatI do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction shown anddescribed, but,

Having fully described my invention what I claim as'new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a combined chair and tableconsisting of a chair seat, uprights at the rear side edges of the seat,the said uprights being grooved on their inner faces, the upper ends ofthe grooves being curved forwardly, a cross bar connecting said uprightsand located at the rear of and adjacent the upper ends of the grooves,and a back member normally resting between the uprights and supported onthe cross bar, the said back member being provided at its side edgesnear its lower end with pins to move in said grooves, and on its rearface near its upper end with a rearwardly projecting rail to rest onsaid cross-bar, the construction being such that whenv theback memberisturned to a horizontal position, the pins thereon will rest in theforwardly curved parts ofthe grooves and the lower end thereof restunderthe. cross-bar connecting the uprights.

2.'As a new article of manufacture, a

combined chair and table consisting of. a

chair seat, uprights at the rear side edges of the seat, a cross-barconnecting the uprightsadjacent their upper ends, each upright beingprovided on its inner face with a groove extending from a point adjacentthe seat to a pointadjacent the cross-bar, the upper ends of saidgrooves being curved forwardly and terminating below and in a plane atthe front of the crossbar, a pin projecting upwardly from the upper faceof the cross-bar, and a back member located between the uprights andprovided at its side edges near its lower end with pins to engage thegrooves in the upright members, and on its rear face at its upper endwith a rearwardly projecting rail, the latter having a recess to receivethe pin. on the cross-bar.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two sub-' scribing witnesses.

JOHN H, SILL. Witnesses:

W. F. VooRH1s, H. N. WHITE.

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Washington, D. 0.

